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January Brings New Superman Costume, Multiversity Guide and More From DC Comics

The DC Comics January 2015 solicitations brought up far more questions than they actually answered — but what a bunch of questions they are! As always, the solicits take a look at upcoming titles and more than a few plot points that readers should watch out for, including a change of wardrobe for Superman, the continuation of the “Justice League International” connection to “Justice League 3000” and much more.

One of DC’s biggest — and possibly most informative — titles in January is Grant Morrison‘s “The Multiversity Guidebook” that contains “everything you ever wanted to know about DC’s parallel worlds and their super-heroic inhabitants” — and considering the final page of “Superman: Doomed”, there’s likely going to be a lot in “The Multiversity Guidebook” that will point readers to the next step of what DC has planned.

Geoff Johns and John Romita, Jr.‘s “Superman” #38 will not only see Romita Jr. drawing Batman, but the issue debuts an all-new look for the Man of Steel. While it’s likely not as drastic a change as the electric blue suit debuted following “Return of Superman,” the copy does promise a “new costume, new powers and new friends and enemies.”

Finally, for those waiting with baited breath since her appearance in the future-shifted “Batman” #28, Harper Row is finally set to take on the identity of Bluebird in January’s “Batman Eternal” #42, though the solicitations warn that the issue “may not have a happy ending.” Plus, “Batman Eternal” #43 promises to loop back to the future-shifted “Batman” issue “with a twist you won’t see coming.”